Usually means: Cluster of ribosomes translating mRNA.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysome: Merriam-Webster
  2. polysome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polysome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polysome: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polysome: Wiktionary
  6. polysome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. polysome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. polysome: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polysome: Dictionary.com
  10. Polysome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. polysome: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polysome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. polysome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  5. polysome: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  a polyribosome

Similar:
oligoribosome, polyribosome, ergosome, monoribosome, proteopolymersome, riboproteome, ribopolymer, oligosome, assemblyosome, polyfusome, more...

Opposite:
monosome, unisome, monoribosome

Types:
ribosome, translatosome, polyribosome, more...

Phrases:
Polysome profiling, more...

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Similar:
oligoribosome, polyribosome, ergosome, monoribosome, proteopolymersome, riboproteome, ribopolymer, oligosome, assemblyosome, polyfusome, more...

Opposite:
monosome, unisome, monoribosome

Types:
ribosome, translatosome, polyribosome, more...

Phrases:
Polysome profiling, more...



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